TITLE 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- Chapter 1 - General Provisions; Time Limitations; Costs.
- 99-1-1 - Applicability of statutes relating to procedure and appeals generally.
- 99-1-11 - Costs of search warrant and certain criminal prosecutions.
- 99-1-13 - and 99-1-15. Repealed.
- 99-1-17 - through 99-1-21. Repealed.
- 99-1-23 - Appearance in court by means of closed circuit television or Web cam.
- 99-1-25 - Entrapment; affirmative defense to criminal prosecution; burden of proof.
- 99-1-27 - Victim of sex offenses not required to submit to truth telling devices as condition for proceeding with investigation of offense.
- 99-1-29 - Certain reproduction during discovery of property or material that constitutes child pornography prohibited.
- 99-1-3 - Common-law offenses recognized.
- 99-1-5 - Time limitation on prosecutions.
- 99-1-7 - Time limitation on prosecutions; commencement of prosecution.
- 99-1-9 - Time limitation on prosecutions; additional year allowed in certain cases.
- Chapter 3 - Arrests.
- 99-3-1 - Who may make arrests.
- 99-3-11 - Arresting officer or person may break into house.
- 99-3-13 - Officer may pursue and apprehend offender any place in state; jailing prisoner for safekeeping.
- 99-3-15 - Escaped offender may be pursued and retaken without warrant.
- 99-3-17 - Offender must be taken before proper officer without delay.
- 99-3-18 - Post-arrest release on written notice to appear at later date.
- 99-3-19 - Warrant good across county line.
- 99-3-2 - Authorization for federal law enforcement officers to make arrests.
- 99-3-21 - Justice of the peace may issue warrant for offender coming into his jurisdiction.
- 99-3-23 - No liability for legal arrest.
- 99-3-25 - Duty of officers to arrest gamblers, bucket-shop operators and futures dealers.
- 99-3-27 - Tramps; arrest by any person; proceedings.
- 99-3-28 - Teachers or sworn law enforcement officers charged with committing crime while in the performance of duties; certain procedural requirements to be met prior to issuance of arrest warrant.
- 99-3-29 - Perjury; court may commit wilful perjurer to prison immediately.
- 99-3-3 - Time or place.
- 99-3-31 - Perjury; witnesses to be bound over for grand jury and trial.
- 99-3-33 - Perjury; court may detain documents.
- 99-3-35 - Reward for arrest and delivery of fleeing killer.
- 99-3-37 - Reward for arrest and delivery of fleeing killer; sheriff and other officers may receive.
- 99-3-39 - Rewards for information may be offered by counties and municipalities.
- 99-3-5 - All persons must aid arresting officer when commanded.
- 99-3-7 - When arrests may be made without warrant.
- 99-3-9 - Arrest of defendants in presence of court without process.
- Chapter 5 - Bail.
- 99-5-1 - Form of bail; professional and soliciting bail agents to provide certain additional information; penalties.
- 99-5-11 - Justices of the peace may take recognizance or bond; certificate of default; alias warrant.
- 99-5-13 - Court may require additional bail.
- 99-5-15 - Duty of officer to release defendant from custody; approval of sureties.
- 99-5-17 - Sheriff to return bail-bond to clerk.
- 99-5-19 - Person who takes insufficient bail-bond, etc., to stand special bail.
- 99-5-21 - Bond good though it does not describe offense.
- 99-5-23 - Bonds, recognizances, etc., to be valid and binding whether or not properly taken or recited in return of officer.
- 99-5-25 - Forfeiture of bond; scire facias.
- 99-5-27 - Sureties may arrest and surrender principal; return of defendant out on bond.
- 99-5-29 - Surety may cause arrest of principal by officer.
- 99-5-3 - Form of bail; taken in open court by entry on minutes.
- 99-5-31 - Mittimus in bailable cases to fix the bail.
- 99-5-33 - Accused committed to prison if injured party is dangerously wounded.
- 99-5-35 - When prisoner charged with capital offense entitled to bail.
- 99-5-37 - Domestic violence or knowing violation of domestic abuse protective order; required appearance before judge; considerations; conditions.
- 99-5-39 - Appearance bond as condition of any court ordered supervision; defendant's failure to appear as grounds for forfeiture of bond.
- 99-5-5 - Bonds to be made payable to state; effect; expiration and renewal.
- 99-5-7 - Fidelity or surety insurance company may give bail.
- 99-5-9 - Cash bail bond.
- Chapter 7 - Indictment.
- 99-7-1 - Indictment may charge offenses according to common law or statute.
- 99-7-11 - Concurrence of twelve grand jurors required for finding.
- 99-7-13 - Secret record book; accused may be tried on copy made from record book.
- 99-7-15 - Authority to inspect indictment limited to certain officers until arrest made.
- 99-7-17 - Dilatory pleas; must be verified by oath.
- 99-7-19 - Dilatory pleas; amendment of indictment or information.
- 99-7-2 - When two or more offenses may be charged in single indictment; trial, verdicts, and sentences.
- 99-7-21 - Demurrers; when filed; amendment of indictment.
- 99-7-23 - Motions to quash.
- 99-7-25 - Amendment where name of unknown defendant is discovered.
- 99-7-27 - Gambling or gaming.
- 99-7-29 - Intoxicating beverage offenses.
- 99-7-3 - Formal or technical words not necessary.
- 99-7-31 - Terms of indictment for larceny or embezzlement of money.
- 99-7-33 - Libel.
- 99-7-35 - Lotteries.
- 99-7-37 - Murder and manslaughter.
- 99-7-39 - Perjury.
- 99-7-41 - Perjury; subornation of perjury.
- 99-7-5 - Allegations of time; want of perfect venue.
- 99-7-7 - How instruments pleaded.
- 99-7-9 - Presentment; entry on minutes of court; warrant to issue; copy of indictment to be served on defendant; informing victim as to status of charge.
- Chapter 9 - Process.
- 99-9-1 - Capias or alias issued for arrest on indictment.
- 99-9-11 - Subpoenas for witnesses.
- 99-9-13 - Issuance of subpoena for witness to give deposition for use in another state.
- 99-9-15 - Subpoena to compel attendance of witness from nearby county during term.
- 99-9-17 - Service of subpoena.
- 99-9-19 - Attachment for non-appearing subpoenaed witness.
- 99-9-21 - Subpoenaed witness to attend until discharged; scire facias for defaulters.
- 99-9-23 - Witness subpoenaed in vacation to appear before grand jury.
- 99-9-25 - Attachment of subpoenaed witnesses failing to appear before grand jury.
- 99-9-27 - Uniform witness attendance law; short title.
- 99-9-29 - Definitions.
- 99-9-3 - Corporations; summons issued on indictment; execution on judgment.
- 99-9-31 - Summoning witnesses in this state to testify in another state.
- 99-9-33 - Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
- 99-9-35 - Exemption from arrest and service of process.
- 99-9-37 - Uniformity of interpretation.
- 99-9-5 - Corporations; summons issued to other counties.
- 99-9-7 - Corporations; order to appear mailed and published if corporation not found; appearance and plea entered; execution.
- 99-9-9 - Corporations; proceeding before justice of the peace.
- Chapter 11 - Jurisdiction and Venue.
- 99-11-1 - Jurisdiction of crimes generally.
- 99-11-11 - Embezzlement.
- 99-11-13 - Kidnapping.
- 99-11-15 - Offenses commenced out of and consummated in state.
- 99-11-17 - Offenses commenced in and consummated out of state.
- 99-11-19 - Offenses committed partly in one county and partly in another.
- 99-11-21 - Occurrence in one jurisdiction causing death in another.
- 99-11-23 - Stolen property carried into state or carried from one county to another.
- 99-11-25 - Aiding, encouraging or causing commission of crime within state by person while out of state.
- 99-11-27 - Former acquittal or conviction in another jurisdiction.
- 99-11-29 - Acquittal for variance between indictment and proof or on exception to form.
- 99-11-3 - Local jurisdiction; venue; venue regarding indictments returned by state grand jury.
- 99-11-31 - Acquittal on the merits.
- 99-11-33 - Acquittal or conviction by justice of the peace for misdemeanor not to bar prosecution for felony.
- 99-11-35 - No acquittal for defects of form.
- 99-11-37 - Cognizance and jurisdiction of crimes committed in particular district in Harrison County or Hinds County.
- 99-11-39 - Transmittal of records on change of venue or transfer or removal of trial in Harrison County or Hinds County.
- 99-11-5 - Extent of criminal jurisdiction of State of Mississippi.
- 99-11-7 - Concurrent jurisdiction with Arkansas.
- 99-11-9 - Jurisdiction of paternity proceedings.
- Chapter 13 - Insanity Proceedings.
- 99-13-1 - Definition of "person with mental retardation."
- 99-13-11 - Mental examination of person charged with felony; cost.
- 99-13-3 - Disposition of offender who is insane or a person with mental retardation brought before conservator of the peace.
- 99-13-5 - Disposition of an accused who grand jury has found to be insane or a person with mental retardation.
- 99-13-7 - Acquittal for insanity.
- 99-13-9 - Acquittal on the ground of mental retardation.
- Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings.
- 99-15-1 - Conservators of peace; defined.
- 99-15-101 - Citation of Sections 99-15-101 through 99-15-127.
- 99-15-103 - Definitions.
- 99-15-105 - Establishment of pretrial intervention program; role of district attorney; application.
- 99-15-107 - Ineligibility for intervention.
- 99-15-109 - Conditions when intervention is appropriate.
- 99-15-11 - Conservators of the peace; search warrant for stolen property.
- 99-15-111 - Information required from offender prior to admittance into program.
- 99-15-113 - Recommendations of victim and law enforcement agency as to offender's admittance into program.
- 99-15-115 - Waiver and agreements required of offender who enters program.
- 99-15-117 - Agreement between district attorney and offender outlining terms of program; approval by court.
- 99-15-119 - Written reports retained for all offenders accepted into program; information furnished to Mississippi Justice Information Center.
- 99-15-121 - Restitution required prior to completion of program.
- 99-15-123 - Disposition of charges upon successful completion of program; violation of program agreement by offender; expunction of record.
- 99-15-125 - Law enforcement officer precluded from referring to program as inducement to any statement, confession or waiver by offender; exception.
- 99-15-127 - Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections to support program.
- 99-15-13 - Repealed.
- 99-15-15 - Appointment of counsel for indigents.
- 99-15-17 - Compensation of counsel; amount.
- 99-15-18 - Compensation of counsel in post-conviction relief cases involving the death penalty; submission of interim invoice.
- 99-15-19 - Compensation of counsel; reimbursement of county in certain cases.
- 99-15-21 - Compensation of counsel; method of payment.
- 99-15-23 - Plea entered when defendant stands mute.
- 99-15-24 - Where to make motions or enter guilty pleas.
- 99-15-25 - Entry of guilty pleas in vacation; sentencing; records.
- 99-15-26 - Dismissal of action upon successful completion of certain court-imposed conditions.
- 99-15-27 - Copy of indictment and special venire to be given defendant in capital cases.
- 99-15-28 - Accused entitled to copy of affidavit or indictment without cost.
- 99-15-29 - Continuance; application.
- 99-15-3 - Conservators of peace; power to take bonds and recognizances; forfeiture.
- 99-15-31 - Continuance; capital cases.
- 99-15-33 - Continuance; admission of facts in absence of witness.
- 99-15-35 - Change of venue; how need shown; grounds.
- 99-15-37 - Change of venue; transfer of records to removal court.
- 99-15-39 - Change of venue; defendant to be tried on copy of indictment; specific objections to defects in transcript required.
- 99-15-41 - Change of venue; correcting errors in record.
- 99-15-43 - Change of venue; capital cases.
- 99-15-45 - Change of venue; costs paid by county from which venue is changed.
- 99-15-47 - Joint indictments; severance in felonies.
- 99-15-49 - Joint indictments; severance in misdemeanors.
- 99-15-5 - Conservators of the peace; arrest and commitment of offenders.
- 99-15-51 - Dismissal of petty misdemeanor charge upon satisfaction of injured party.
- 99-15-53 - Prosecutions not compromised or nol prossed without consent of court, or dismissed, except at defendant's cost.
- 99-15-55 - Trial where it appears that accused is only guilty of misdemeanor.
- 99-15-57 - Relief for certain persons who pled guilty within six months prior to the effective date of section 99-15-26.
- 99-15-59 - Expunction of misdemeanor charges.
- 99-15-7 - Conservators of the peace; prosecutor and witnesses may be required to give bond.
- 99-15-9 - Conservators of the peace; subpoenas.
- Chapter 17 - Trial.
- 99-17-1 - Indictments to be tried within 270 days of arraignment.
- 99-17-11 - Only two counsel to a side heard.
- 99-17-13 - Variance between indictment and proof; amendment of record and indictment; continuance.
- 99-17-15 - Variance between indictment and proof; amendment of record and indictment; order for amendment.
- 99-17-17 - Joint defendants are competent witnesses for one another in separate trials.
- 99-17-19 - Assaults; insulting words admissible.
- 99-17-20 - Capital murder or other crimes punishable by death.
- 99-17-21 - Bribery; certain proof not necessary.
- 99-17-23 - Dueling; offender compelled to testify against another.
- 99-17-25 - Gambling and futures contracts; state not confined to proof of single violation.
- 99-17-27 - Gambling and futures contracts; witness compelled to testify; immunity granted; penalty for refusing.
- 99-17-29 - Lotteries; purchaser of ticket compelled to testify against seller.
- 99-17-3 - Peremptory challenges; number allowed.
- 99-17-31 - Offenses affecting legislature; witness denied privilege against self-incrimination.
- 99-17-33 - Perjury; no variance between "sworn" and "affirmed."
- 99-17-35 - Instructions to jury.
- 99-17-37 - Papers may be carried out by jury.
- 99-17-39 - Bills of exceptions; duty of judge to sign.
- 99-17-41 - Bills of exceptions; when tendered and signed; incapacity of judge.
- 99-17-43 - Bills of exceptions; attorneys may sign if judge refuses.
- 99-17-45 - Bills of exception; amendment.
- 99-17-47 - New trials; terms directed by court; number limited.
- 99-17-49 - New trials; grant or refusal assignable for error.
- 99-17-5 - Peremptory challenges; joint defendant must agree.
- 99-17-7 - Interpreters.
- 99-17-9 - Trial in the absence of accused.
- Chapter 18 - Mississippi Capital Defense Litigation Act.
- 99-18-1 - Short title.
- 99-18-11 - Office hours of operation.
- 99-18-13 - Powers and duties of director.
- 99-18-15 - Director to keep a docket of all indicted death eligible cases in Mississippi.
- 99-18-17 - Conflict of interest; employment of qualified private counsel; payment of fees and expenses; Capital Defense Counsel Fund.
- 99-18-19 - Appointment of counsel; determination of indigence; payment of fees by Capital Defense Counsel Special Fund.
- 99-18-3 - Office of Capital Defense Counsel created; personnel; appointment to office; qualifications; removal.
- 99-18-5 - Purpose of office.
- 99-18-7 - Duties of office; attorneys appointed to office to be full time.
- 99-18-9 - Compensation.
- Chapter 19 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution.
- 99-19-1 - Change of law not to affect prosecution or punishment of crime committed prior to change.
- 99-19-101 - Jury to determine punishment in capital cases in separate sentencing proceeding; aggravating and mitigating circumstances to be considered.
- 99-19-103 - Instructions; aggravating circumstances shall be designated by jury in writing upon recommending death; effect of jury's failure to agree on punishment.
- 99-19-105 - Review by State Supreme Court of imposition of death penalty.
- 99-19-106 - Date of execution of death sentence.
- 99-19-107 - Life sentence to be imposed if death penalty held to be unconstitutional.
- 99-19-11 - Verdict may be reformed at the bar if informal or defective.
- 99-19-12 - Repealed.
- 99-19-13 - Repealed.
- 99-19-15 - Sentence; felon under age sixteen.
- 99-19-151 - Short title.
- 99-19-153 - Declaration of purpose.
- 99-19-155 - Definitions.
- 99-19-157 - Victim impact statement.
- 99-19-159 - Victim impact statement to be made available to defense and to prosecution; statement as factor in sentencing; cooperation of victim not mandatory.
- 99-19-161 - Notice to victim prior to sentencing.
- 99-19-17 - Repealed.
- 99-19-18 - Mandatory minimum sentence for embezzlement or other unlawful conversion of public funds.
- 99-19-19 - Repealed.
- 99-19-20 - Sentence; imposition of fine; payment; imprisonment for nonpayment; indigent defendants.
- 99-19-201 - Definitions.
- 99-19-203 - Testing of persons convicted of sex offenses for HIV and AIDS.
- 99-19-21 - Sentence; prison terms to run consecutively or concurrently in discretion of court; sentence for felony committed while on parole, probation, earned-release or post-release supervision, or
- 99-19-23 - Sentence; credit for time of prisoner's pre-trial or pre-appeal confinement.
- 99-19-25 - Sentence; circuit and county judges and justice courts may suspend in misdemeanor cases; suspension of sentence or execution of sentence subsequent to original sentencing authorized under c
- 99-19-27 - Convicts who violate terms of suspended sentence or parole are subject to arrest.
- 99-19-29 - Vacation of suspended sentence and annulment of conditional pardon for violation of terms.
- 99-19-3 - Convictions obtained only by verdict or guilty plea; no punishment without legal conviction; waiver of right to trial and payment of fine in lieu thereof without appearing in court for traff
- 99-19-301 - Penalties subject to enhancement.
- 99-19-303 - Notice of enhancement.
- 99-19-305 - Sentencing proceedings; required findings for enhanced penalty.
- 99-19-307 - Amount penalty may be enhanced.
- 99-19-31 - Penalty where none fixed elsewhere by statute.
- 99-19-32 - Fines and assessments upon persons convicted of offenses punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; deposit in Criminal Justice Fund.
- 99-19-33 - Where penalty modified milder penalty may be imposed.
- 99-19-35 - Person convicted of certain crimes not to practice medicine or dentistry, or hold office.
- 99-19-351 - Penalties subject to enhancement.
- 99-19-353 - Notice of enhancement.
- 99-19-355 - Sentencing proceedings; required findings for enhanced penalty.
- 99-19-357 - Amount penalty may be enhanced.
- 99-19-37 - Restoration of right of suffrage to World War veterans.
- 99-19-39 - Detention of convict pending appeal.
- 99-19-401 - Enhanced penalty; offenses subject to enhancement of penalty; applicable crimes during which instrumentalities were initially obtained.
- 99-19-41 - Delivery of appellant to county where supreme court is held.
- 99-19-42 - Post-conviction proceeding; time for hearing and return to Department of Corrections.
- 99-19-43 - Duty of judge when convict sentenced to penitentiary.
- 99-19-45 - Commitment to penitentiary; duties of clerks of circuit court; fees.
- 99-19-47 - Commitment to penitentiary; form.
- 99-19-48 - Placement of person on probation; form for report.
- 99-19-49 - Repealed.
- 99-19-5 - Findings of jury.
- 99-19-51 - Manner of execution of death sentence.
- 99-19-53 - Execution of death sentence; state executioner.
- 99-19-55 - Execution of death sentence; procedure; witnesses; certificate of execution; disposition of body.
- 99-19-57 - Execution of death sentence; suspension of sentence when offender is pregnant or a person with mental illness.
- 99-19-59 - Repealed.
- 99-19-61 - Cost of trial and/or execution of one committing crime within confines of penitentiary, or of inmate committing crime outside bounds of penitentiary.
- 99-19-63 - Repealed.
- 99-19-65 - Collection of fines, penalties, and list reported.
- 99-19-67 - Remedy against officer, in reference to fines.
- 99-19-69 - Liability of officers for default as to fines.
- 99-19-7 - Verdict as to some, disagreement as to other defendants.
- 99-19-71 - Expunction of misdemeanor conviction of first offender upon petition.
- 99-19-73 - Standard State monetary assessment for certain violations, misdemeanors and felonies; suspension or reduction of assessment prohibited; collection and deposit of assessments; refunds [Repea
- 99-19-75 - Assessment on certain offenses against children to be deposited in Mississippi Children's Trust Fund.
- 99-19-81 - Sentencing of habitual criminals to maximum term of imprisonment.
- 99-19-83 - Sentencing of habitual criminals to life imprisonment.
- 99-19-84 - Electronic monitoring as condition of probation for offense requiring registration as a sex offender; rules and regulations.
- 99-19-85 - Governor's pardoning power unaffected.
- 99-19-87 - Punishment by death unaffected.
- 99-19-9 - No special form of verdict required.
- Chapter 20 - Community Service Restitution.
- 99-20-1 - Short title; purpose.
- 99-20-11 - Agreement to and acceptance of sentence by defendant; conditional discharge.
- 99-20-13 - Participant informed of possible criminal sentence; consequences of failure to perform community service sentence.
- 99-20-15 - Written agreement between program participant and department of corrections.
- 99-20-17 - Failure to complete sentence; consequences.
- 99-20-19 - Availability of program.
- 99-20-3 - Participation in community service restitution program.
- 99-20-5 - Qualifications for participation in program.
- 99-20-7 - Determining persons eligible for participation; review of district attorney's files.
- 99-20-9 - Notification of eligible persons; request for sentence to program; recommendations of victim.
- Chapter 21 - Fugitives From Other States.
- Chapter 23 - Peace Bonds.
- 99-23-1 - Complaint; warrant of arrest; condition of bond.
- 99-23-11 - Judgment after failure to prosecute appeal.
- 99-23-13 - Certain bonds to be delivered to justice court; proceeding for breach; delivery to circuit court on appeal.
- 99-23-15 - Bonds over two hundred dollars returned to circuit clerk.
- 99-23-17 - Grand jury to inquire and report on breach of bonds.
- 99-23-19 - District attorney to institute proceedings to forfeit bonds.
- 99-23-21 - Proceedings to collect forfeited bonds.
- 99-23-23 - What constitutes breach of bond; proof.
- 99-23-25 - Sureties may surrender their principal.
- 99-23-27 - Person convicted of crime less than felony may be made to give peace bond.
- 99-23-29 - Form of affidavit to obtain security to keep the peace.
- 99-23-3 - Payment of costs.
- 99-23-31 - Form of bond to keep the peace.
- 99-23-5 - Discharge or commitment of accused.
- 99-23-7 - Appeal to circuit court and proceedings therein.
- 99-23-9 - Costs in circuit court.
- Chapter 25 - Forms.
- 99-25-1 - Forms provided.
- 99-25-11 - Entry on docket.
- 99-25-13 - Proceedings certified to circuit court.
- 99-25-15 - Affidavit to obtain search warrant.
- 99-25-17 - Search warrant and capias.
- 99-25-3 - Affidavit charging crime of murder.
- 99-25-5 - Warrant.
- 99-25-7 - Mittimus where bail is denied.
- 99-25-9 - Mittimus where bail is allowed and not given.
- Chapter 27 - Proceedings for Intoxicating Beverage Offenses.
- 99-27-1 - Petition to subpoena witnesses having knowledge of violations.
- 99-27-11 - Seizure and destruction of intoxicating liquors and appliances permitted; writ of seizure for vehicles, etc.
- 99-27-13 - Owner may interpose claim to seized property; jurisdiction and procedure.
- 99-27-15 - Affidavit for search warrant; contents of warrant; service and return.
- 99-27-17 - Affidavit for search warrant; form.
- 99-27-19 - Search warrant; form.
- 99-27-21 - Search of motor vehicles, etc. and seizure of liquor without warrant.
- 99-27-23 - Clubs, boats, places where liquor found may be abated as nuisance.
- 99-27-25 - Club to forfeit charter; boat may be sold.
- 99-27-27 - Common carriers, etc., required to produce books for examination.
- 99-27-29 - Common carriers, etc. to keep record of alcohol and wine deliveries; inspection by officers; competent evidence at trial.
- 99-27-3 - Taking testimony and filing for delivery to grand jury.
- 99-27-31 - Common carriers, etc. to file statement of deliveries with circuit clerk; procedure to compel compliance.
- 99-27-33 - Circuit clerk to file and record statement; inspection by officers; competent evidence at trial; grand jury to investigate compliance.
- 99-27-35 - Venue of prosecutions for unlawful shipment.
- 99-27-37 - Counties and municipalities may appropriate money to procure evidence of liquor and narcotics violations.
- 99-27-39 - Payment by liquor dealers of penalty to state, county, or municipality.
- 99-27-41 - Concurrent jurisdiction given chancery courts for enforcing § 99-27-39.
- 99-27-43 - Justices of the peace not to suspend sentences.
- 99-27-45 - Witnesses compelled to testify; disclosure not to be used against witness.
- 99-27-5 - Grand jury not prevented from making investigation.
- 99-27-7 - Duty of mayor or justice of the peace to issue warrant for offender.
- 99-27-9 - Statement not limited to proof of single violation at trial.
- Chapter 29 - Vagrancy Proceedings.
- 99-29-1 - Officers required to give information under oath charging vagrancy; warrant to issue.
- 99-29-11 - Vagrant may be rearrested after bond forfeited.
- 99-29-13 - Circuit court shall have concurrent jurisdiction; duty of judge to charge grand jury.
- 99-29-3 - Any resident may file information charging vagrancy.
- 99-29-5 - Arrested vagrant to be taken before proper judge for hearing.
- 99-29-7 - Bonds to be returned to circuit court and docketed on criminal docket; duty of certain officers to put bond in suit.
- 99-29-9 - Suit and recovery on bond.
- Chapter 31 - Obscene Publications Proceedings [Repealed].
- Chapter 33 - Prosecutions Before Justice Court Judges.
- 99-33-1 - Criminal jurisdiction.
- 99-33-11 - Repealed.
- 99-33-13 - Procedure when accused is guilty of felony; remand.
- 99-33-15 - Authority to sentence misdemeanant to imprisonment on weekends or other nonworking hours.
- 99-33-17 - Transfer of criminal case from justice court to municipal court in case of conflict.
- 99-33-2 - Commencing criminal cases; duties of clerk and judge; penalty for failure of judge to comply.
- 99-33-3 - Procedures in criminal cases; minimum fine which may be imposed.
- 99-33-5 - Subpoena may issue to any county.
- 99-33-7 - Appearance bond may be taken.
- 99-33-9 - Trial by jury.
- Chapter 35 - Appeals.
- 99-35-1 - Right of appeal; requirement to post bond; trial de novo on appeal.
- 99-35-101 - Right of appeal.
- 99-35-103 - When state or municipality may appeal.
- 99-35-105 - Prepayment of costs; appeal without prepayment; reimbursement of successful appellants.
- 99-35-107 - Deposit for costs; security for jail fees.
- 99-35-109 - Bail after conviction of misdemeanor.
- 99-35-11 - Amendment of affidavit, pleading, or proceedings.
- 99-35-111 - Bail after conviction of misdemeanor; judge may fix amount of bond.
- 99-35-113 - Failure of appellant on bond to appear in misdemeanor cases.
- 99-35-115 - Bail after conviction of felony; application for emergency hearing upon denial of bail.
- 99-35-117 - Bail after conviction of felony; judge to fix amount of bond; judge or sheriff may approve bond.
- 99-35-119 - Failure of appellant on bond to appear in felony cases.
- 99-35-121 - through 99-35-125. Repealed.
- 99-35-127 - Sheriff of Hinds County to receive prisoners; fees.
- 99-35-129 - Execution of sentence; counsel may prosecute appeal.
- 99-35-13 - Remittance of fines and forfeitures.
- 99-35-131 - Appellant granted credit for time served in prison pending appeal.
- 99-35-133 - Repealed.
- 99-35-135 - Remand and custody of prisoner on affirmance of sentence.
- 99-35-137 - Copy of death sentence to be delivered to sheriff.
- 99-35-139 - Prisoner to be delivered to sheriff of proper county if new trial ordered.
- 99-35-141 - Clerk to notify penitentiary of reversals.
- 99-35-143 - Errors which are not grounds for reversal.
- 99-35-145 - Repealed.
- 99-35-3 - Appearance bond.
- 99-35-5 - Sheriff empowered to take appeal bond from misdemeanant convicted in justice court.
- 99-35-7 - Appeals without bond or supersedeas.
- 99-35-9 - Papers to be transmitted to circuit court clerk.
- Chapter 36 - Victim Assistance Coordinator.
- 99-36-1 - Purpose.
- 99-36-3 - Definitions.
- 99-36-5 - Rights of victim, guardian of victim, or close relative of deceased victim within criminal justice system.
- 99-36-7 - Victim assistance coordinator; duties; salary; county victim assistance coordinator; duties; multi-county coordinator; participation by municipalities; federal grants.
- Chapter 37 - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.
- 99-37-1 - Definitions.
- 99-37-11 - Relief from payment.
- 99-37-13 - Enforcement of judgment.
- 99-37-15 - Resumption of payment upon release from custody.
- 99-37-17 - Civil actions by victims; evidence; damages.
- 99-37-19 - Restitution centers.
- 99-37-21 - Powers and duties of public welfare and corrections departments as to restitution centers.
- 99-37-23 - Restitution in delinquency cases.
- 99-37-25 - Payment by Division of Victim Compensation of costs associated with medical forensic examination and sexual assault evidence collection kit; defendant to make restitution to Division of Vic
- 99-37-3 - Imposition and amount of restitution.
- 99-37-5 - Payment; order; enforcement.
- 99-37-7 - Treatment of default in payment as contempt; judicial officer not liable for failure of defendant to pay fine or make restitution.
- 99-37-9 - Term of imprisonment for contempt.
- Chapter 38 - Crime Victim's Escrow Account Act.
- Chapter 39 - Post-Conviction Proceedings.
- 99-39-1 - Short title.
- 99-39-101 - Short title.
- 99-39-103 - Office of Post-Conviction Counsel created; personnel; appointment to office; qualifications; removal.
- 99-39-105 - Purpose of office.
- 99-39-107 - Duties of office; attorneys appointed to office to be full time.
- 99-39-109 - Compensation.
- 99-39-11 - Judicial examination of original motion; dismissal; filing answer; court ordered testing of biological evidence.
- 99-39-111 - Office hours of operation.
- 99-39-113 - Powers and duties of director; requirement of surety bond.
- 99-39-115 - Director to keep a docket of all death penalty cases in Mississippi.
- 99-39-117 - Conflict of interest; employment of qualified private counsel; payment of fees and expenses; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel Fund.
- 99-39-119 - Director authorized to solicit funds for purpose of funding and operating office.
- 99-39-13 - Answer; affirmative defenses.
- 99-39-15 - Requests for discovery.
- 99-39-17 - Expansion of record.
- 99-39-19 - Evidentiary hearing; summary judgment.
- 99-39-21 - Procedural waiver of objections, defenses, claims; collateral estoppel; res judicata; burden of proof.
- 99-39-23 - Conduct of evidentiary hearing; right to counsel; finality of order as bar to subsequent motions; burden of proof; appointment of postconviction counsel in death penalty cases.
- 99-39-25 - Right to appeal; stay of judgment; bail on appeal.
- 99-39-27 - Application to Supreme Court for leave to proceed in trial court; grant of relief; dismissal or denial as res judicata.
- 99-39-28 - Supreme Court to establish rules for post-conviction proceedings in capital cases.
- 99-39-29 - Stay of death penalty execution.
- 99-39-3 - Purpose.
- 99-39-5 - Grounds for relief; time limitations; "biological evidence" defined.
- 99-39-7 - Filing motion in trial court; filing motion to proceed in trial court with supreme court.
- 99-39-9 - Requirements of motion and service.
- Chapter 40 - Office of Indigent Appeals.
- Chapter 41 - Mississippi Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
- 99-41-1 - Short title.
- 99-41-11 - Additional powers and duties of director; conduct of hearing; record.
- 99-41-13 - Appeals.
- 99-41-15 - Filing of claim as waiver of physician-patient confidentiality; ordering mental or physical examination or autopsy.
- 99-41-17 - Compensation awards; conditions; exceptions; reduction.
- 99-41-19 - Proof of conviction as evidence; suspension of proceedings pending prosecution.
- 99-41-21 - Repayment of compensation; subrogation of state.
- 99-41-23 - Calculation of award; payment in installments; assignment of award.
- 99-41-25 - Advance award.
- 99-41-27 - False claims; penalty.
- 99-41-29 - Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
- 99-41-3 - Legislative intent.
- 99-41-31 - Disclosure of records as to claims; confidentiality of records.
- 99-41-5 - Definitions.
- 99-41-7 - Division of Victim Compensation; Director of Victim Compensation; duties; appointment.
- 99-41-9 - Powers and duties of division.
- Chapter 43 - Mississippi Crime Victims' Bill of Rights.
- 99-43-1 - Short title and purpose.
- 99-43-11 - Prosecutor's duty to confer with victim prior to disposition.
- 99-43-13 - Prosecutor's duty to confer with victim prior to trial; confidentiality.
- 99-43-15 - Trial transcripts; right to receive if pay costs.
- 99-43-3 - Definitions.
- 99-43-5 - Designated and lawful representatives.
- 99-43-7 - Law enforcement notice requirements; clerk of court notice requirements.
- 99-43-9 - Prosecutor notice requirements upon written request of victim.
- Chapter 45 - Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification System.
- 99-45-1 - System established to inform crime victims regarding status of criminal offenders.
- 99-45-3 - Law enforcement obligation to notify crime victims satisfied through participation in SAVIN program.
- 99-45-5 - Department of Corrections required to update offender information frequently; no cause of action created by failure of automated system to provide notice to victim.
- 99-45-7 - Cooperation among law enforcement agencies.
- 99-45-9 - Administration by Department of Corrections; Statewide Victims' Information and Notification System Fund created.
- Chapter 47 - Victim of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking Address Confidentiality Program.
- Chapter 49 - Preservation and Accessibility of Biological Evidence.